WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.112 --> 00:00:01.539 My name is Bruce Warren. 2 00:00:01.539 --> 00:00:03.846 I am the assistant station manager at WXPN, 3 00:00:03.846 --> 00:00:05.518 a radio station here in Philadelphia. 4 00:00:05.518 --> 00:00:07.991 So I'm the manager at the radio station 5 00:00:07.991 --> 00:00:10.908 and my primary responsibility is to 6 00:00:12.283 --> 00:00:13.116 line:15% produce, 7 00:00:14.660 --> 00:00:15.493 line:15% create 8 00:00:16.396 --> 00:00:18.186 line:15% content, both for the 9 00:00:18.186 --> 00:00:20.737 line:15% radio station, the terrestrial radio, 10 00:00:20.737 --> 00:00:23.111 line:15% all the digital and web content. 11 00:00:23.111 --> 00:00:25.289 That entails meeting with the hosts, 12 00:00:25.289 --> 00:00:27.964 line:15% going over the music they want to present. 13 00:00:27.964 --> 00:00:30.425 line:15% Going over any special 14 00:00:30.425 --> 00:00:33.453 line:15% themes that they want to present on the air. 15 00:00:33.453 --> 00:00:35.468 line:15% Air checking them. 16 00:00:35.468 --> 00:00:36.619 line:15% After they get done a shift, 17 00:00:36.619 --> 00:00:38.837 I like to typically check in the hosts 18 00:00:38.837 --> 00:00:40.752 and give them feedback or hear from them 19 00:00:40.752 --> 00:00:42.218 how their shift went. 20 00:00:42.218 --> 00:00:44.516 One of the things we do at WXPN is 21 00:00:44.516 --> 00:00:45.982 we produce this national show called 22 00:00:45.982 --> 00:00:47.440 World Cafe. 23 00:00:47.440 --> 00:00:50.000 It's syndicated on 212 stations, 24 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:53.000 it's a daily, weekday two-hour show. 25 00:00:53.848 --> 00:00:55.827 So we can have a band come in to the 26 00:00:55.827 --> 00:00:57.788 line:15% radio station on a Monday, 27 00:00:57.788 --> 00:00:59.205 line:15% record a session, 28 00:01:00.260 --> 00:01:02.057 line:15% record four or five songs, 29 00:01:02.057 --> 00:01:03.748 line:15% the host of the show does an interview. 30 00:01:03.748 --> 00:01:06.137 line:15% We may want to turn that around for the 31 00:01:06.137 --> 00:01:07.804 Wednesday broadcast. 32 00:01:10.470 --> 00:01:13.434 So we have 24 to 36 hours to sort of 33 00:01:13.434 --> 00:01:15.432 post-produce all that content. 34 00:01:15.432 --> 00:01:18.324 Occasionally I'll get in there and actually 35 00:01:18.324 --> 00:01:20.241 do some post-production 36 00:01:21.247 --> 00:01:22.432 on some interviews. 37 00:01:22.432 --> 00:01:24.695 I will select music for certain special 38 00:01:24.695 --> 00:01:28.036 kinds of programming events that we're doing. 39 00:01:28.036 --> 00:01:30.712 But mostly it's to sort of facilitate 40 00:01:30.712 --> 00:01:32.798 all the ideas that either myself or 41 00:01:32.798 --> 00:01:35.451 members of our team come up with. 42 00:01:35.451 --> 00:01:36.932 I probably spend most of my time with the 43 00:01:36.932 --> 00:01:38.478 World Cafe staff. 44 00:01:38.478 --> 00:01:40.036 line:15% What bands are coming in today? 45 00:01:40.036 --> 00:01:41.457 line:15% What time are they coming in? 46 00:01:41.457 --> 00:01:42.760 line:15% Do they need back line? 47 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:43.956 line:15% Is the host ready? 48 00:01:43.956 --> 00:01:45.655 line:15% Are the interview questions ready? 49 00:01:45.655 --> 00:01:48.448 line:15% So I'll sort of spend my time 50 00:01:48.448 --> 00:01:50.741 communicating with the team members 51 00:01:50.741 --> 00:01:52.305 around all that stuff. 52 00:01:52.305 --> 00:01:54.273 I've been handed a lot of different 53 00:01:54.273 --> 00:01:55.276 in almost everything we do with the 54 00:01:55.276 --> 00:01:56.109 radio station. 55 00:01:56.109 --> 00:01:59.511 From program creation, production 56 00:01:59.511 --> 00:02:01.428 budgeting, fundraising. 57 00:02:02.264 --> 00:02:04.245 We're a public radio station so 58 00:02:04.245 --> 00:02:05.355 we do fundraisers. 59 00:02:05.355 --> 00:02:07.009 We go on the air. 60 00:02:07.009 --> 00:02:08.339 I work really closely with our membership 61 00:02:08.339 --> 00:02:09.570 staff on that. 62 00:02:09.570 --> 00:02:11.849 I also work with our sales department. 63 00:02:11.849 --> 00:02:13.651 line:15% And I also work very closely with our 64 00:02:13.651 --> 00:02:15.401 line:15% marketing department. 65 00:02:16.593 --> 00:02:18.093 line:15% So I make the cake 66 00:02:19.259 --> 00:02:22.077 line:15% and our marketing team has to 67 00:02:22.077 --> 00:02:24.246 tell people that it tastes really good 68 00:02:24.246 --> 00:02:26.663 and hopefully they'll buy it.